Since Zhao Guanhou returned to Tianjin, he has not seen this titular master. Although in the previous years, Jiang Bu didn't teach himself much, and he couldn't talk too much about the master-apprentice relationship. But respecting his father is a human favor, and if you want to sleep with someone's daughter, you have to be polite to him.

Besides, after the previous refugee incident, Jiang Bu sent his disciples to serve as a nursing home for him, although it was a matter of mutual benefit, but this favor must be recognized by himself. For them treating their house as a hall, Zhao Guanhou was not dissatisfied. In fact, if these people hadn't set up the altar first, with the current style and quality of the Flying Tiger Regiment, most of them would not know which way of people they were forcibly occupied, but it would have been even more troublesome.

After meeting the two and recounting a few gossips, Jiang Buying first sent away his daughter, leaving only Zhao Guanhou, and then asked: "Guanhou, you brought four battalions of soldiers this time, but you want to suppress the Flying Tiger Regiment?" ”

Zhao Guanhou was stunned, I don't know why the other party asked, right now, the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment are empty-eyed, and they don't even pay attention to the direct governor, and they will still take care of their four battalion soldiers? He shook his head, "Master, I didn't receive this order, and I don't know where you got the news. If you want to suppress the regiment, it is impossible to send only four battalions of soldiers, and even if you want to suppress it, I can't suppress your regiment. ”

Jiang Bu smiled, "I know you talk about human feelings, but if you explain it in business, you should do it, and you have to do it." After eating the official dinner, you can't talk about personal feelings, I understand this truth. The actions of the Flying Tiger Regiment are really excessive, and over the years, everyone has a breath in their hearts. This tone is not only to the government, but also to foreigners, foreigners are becoming more and more arrogant, and the anger in our hearts is accumulating more and more. This time, the Flying Tiger Regiment can be regarded as igniting everyone's anger, so it has become what it is now. I don't approve of some of their actions, killing innocents indiscriminately, and treating people who use foreign goods as two cents and three cents, which is also too overbearing. However, the general trend is like this, my arms can't twist my thighs, and I can't stop them alone. But I know that the weather is dry and rainy, and the people are dry, and if you toss like this, there will be a big disaster. Even if there are King Duan and King Zhuang, it is only a matter of time before the officials and troops suppress it. ”

"Master, since you have seen so thoroughly, why do you still wade into this troubled water? Go to Shandong with your disciples, and I will feed you. ”

"It's good to have your heart, but I can't go." Jiang Bu lifted his braids and wrapped them around his neck, "I'm also the master of the name on the ground." So many disciples and protégés in Taigongtang worship my mountain gate and recognize me as their leader, I took the lead in running, didn't I vent everyone's anger, what face will I have to come out to meet people in the future? Besides, my heart is also angry. Our Dajin country has a territory of thousands of miles and a population of tens of thousands, so I don't believe it, why can't I beat a group of foreign devils! Anyway, our Flying Tiger Regiment is also tens of thousands of horses, foreigners and officers and soldiers, if you want to move us, just see us! ”

His appearance was already powerful, and as soon as these words came out, it added a bit of heroism. He added: "I also have my own selfishness, I don't want to leave, but I want to send Feng Zhi away." If it's really messy, you'...... Take her back to Shandong and live a good life, she doesn't have a bad heart, you treat her well, don't bully her. ”

"Master, what do you mean ......by being old?"

"What do I mean, do you two want to hide it from my eyes?" Jiang Bu laughed, "Your master, I am also the master who has been in the rivers and lakes for half my life, if you can't even see this little thing, you will live in vain." I don't care about your business, in short, she is happy herself, whether it will be a blessing or a curse in the future, it is her life, you think of our husbands, don't treat her badly. ”

Jiang Bu poured out a cigarette roll from his arms as he spoke, and lit it with a match, "Look, we are enemies, but this cigarette roll still has to smoke the old knife card." Isn't this lamp just a foreign fire, and if you change your name, it's not a foreign product? Even if you set off a fire, you have to use foreign oil, and you have to say that you don't use foreign goods, it's a shame. Don't mention this, I'm looking for you today, I have something to ask you for, I heard that you have a train in Laolongtou? ”

"Exactly, Master, do you have a friend who wants to take a ride?"

"Well, there are friends, and there are quite a few, but they are all poor buddies like your blind father-in-law. The difference is that they didn't give birth to a good girl like Hanzhi, and they couldn't live a good life. I asked about your car, is it to pull the rich but not the poor, and the officials not the people. I'll give up my old face and ask you for personal favors, can you pull some poor ghosts to Shandong and find food for them? ”

Jiang Bu has been a local snake in Beidaguan for many years, and has some dealings with the Jianghu people who beg for a living on the street. The Flying Tigers, the performances of these people have been greatly affected, and most of them have been unable to operate. For example, he didn't even dare to go on the street. Artist money, after the end of the day, this line of people has no habit of saving, they can't perform, and their livelihood will be in trouble. Although Jiang didn't help them a little, they definitely couldn't afford Zhao Guanhou's ticket.

In addition, there are neighbors, acquaintances and friends who don't fall down with ginger, and some of them are not boxers, or they are practicing boxing, but they don't believe in supernatural powers and the like. They were small traders as well as coolies and day laborers. With the war, these poor people are afraid of being affected, and if they are allowed to flee long distances and spend money on food rations, it will become a problem.

"From Jinmen to Beijing, the road is no longer passable, Fengtai is full of boxers, you can only go north, and there is still a way to go on the side of Benchahar. But let these poor buddies go to Chahar, they must starve to death. Can you give them some space for the sake of my old face? ”

Zhao Guanhou thought about it, and now the capacity of the train is already very tight. There is indeed pressure to bring in the families of the new soldiers, as well as businessmen, students, skilled workers, and these poor people. Moreover, as soon as this mouth is opened, I don't know how many people will be moved by the wind, and they will follow the car, not to mention the difficulties on the road, after arriving in Shandong, so many unemployed poor people are also a great hidden danger to public security.

From a practical point of view, these people will not make much contribution to Shandong when they go to Shandong, but will occupy social resources, which can be regarded as a loss-making transaction. Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Jiang Bu said:

"These poor guys, first, they don't have money to buy tickets, and second, they don't have beautiful girls to give birth to children. I also know that it is a bit difficult for you to accept them. However, once the foreigners use force, there will be no peaceful place in the entire Jinmen. They don't deserve to die, and there is no need to die for this court, you should treat it as a bride price for Feng Zhi and place these people. ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled bitterly, "Master, if you say this, you are making the disciple have no face." Your old man has a word, and the apprentice only has the share of obeying orders, so you tell them not to bring big luggage...... A broken family is worth 10,000 yuan, but now it's really thrown away, let alone a broken family. Don't make a big fuss, the train space is limited, I want to give priority to ensuring that all the families of the new army get on the train, and all the businessmen and rich people get on the train, there are too many people to come, they can't get on the train, don't blame me. ”

Jiang Bu nodded "Okay, it's my apprentice!" I'm glad you're willing to give me a face, but it's a pity that I can't give you anything, so I'll entrust my precious girl to you. In addition, there is news for you. After entering Beijing, be careful about Dong Wuxing, he is a robber, and his thief nature has not changed. This time, the boxers killed Cheng Gongting, in fact, he was also instructed by his people behind the scenes, wanting to take the opportunity to annex the former army of Wuwei. You ruined his good deeds, and the capital is the territory of his rear army, but be careful of his plots. ”

Zhao Guanhou had already guessed a rough idea in his heart, without the guidance of anyone, a group of boxers would not bite Cheng Gongting to the death. Now that it has been confirmed from Jiang Bu's mouth, and the matter involves Dong Wuxing, I know that the situation is indeed serious.

The Wuwei Rear Army was the foundation of the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion Army back then, and it was originally a bandit who recruited An, and military discipline was lax. And with the boxers are each other's inside, compared to the bandits, there are not many lets, after entering Beijing, I am afraid that I really have to be a little more careful.

Later that day, Shi Gege and Jensen also came to Zhao's house from the concession, bringing a list with them. Some compradors and bookkeepers of foreign firms in the concession, and even some foreigners, also decided to leave Tianjin to avoid trouble and go to Shandong to escape the war.

These foreigners were well informed, and from their mouths, Mrs. Jenson also heard very bad news. In the concessions, war preparations had already begun, arms sales to the Jin State had been completely terminated, and all weapons of foreign companies were either purchased by the consuls of various countries or sealed in the warehouses, and export was strictly prohibited, so as to prevent foreign guns and cannons from falling into the hands of boxers and bandits through the hands of officials and soldiers. The price of military supplies has been rising, and young and middle-aged male citizens in the concession have begun to register, mobilize, and organize military training. The foreigners also generally adopted a hostile attitude towards the Jin court.

Nicholas II, the emperor of Tiele, was very determined to send troops, and in addition to sending troop ships to transport troops to Dagukou, he also began to mobilize for battle outside the pass. Compared with the thousands of men and horses who entered the pass, Tiele mobilized nearly 200,000 troops outside the pass, and there was a tendency to swallow thousands of miles and sweep the eastern part of the country.

In addition, Fuso's domestic newspapers also called for the formation of an army to enter the country to maintain order, protect the expatriate, and help the court of the country to suppress bandits. Already a fleet set off and headed in the direction of Jinmen. Now it seems that there is no turning back from the bow, and the army moves, and I am afraid that it will be more difficult to complete this peace talks.

Wanyan Yuqing was also full of sorrow, "As soon as the soldiers of Tiele and Fusang come, I'm afraid that Dajin will be bad." The only way to do this is to move Lafayette and send troops to exterminate the boxers as soon as possible, so as not to give foreigners the excuse to interfere. Then we will negotiate with several other countries, use foreigners to contain foreigners, and borrow the hands of foreigners to block the armies of the two countries, otherwise, a catastrophe for our Dajin will be in front of us. ”

Mrs. Jenson said, "It's hard. Your queen mother is a stubborn old woman who is not good at correcting mistakes. If you want to save the situation now, I am afraid it will be too late. What we need to do is to prepare for the next crisis before war breaks out. ”

When she said this, she smiled, looked at Zhao Guanhou with her eyes, and said in an extraordinarily gentle tone, "My dear, your ticket plan is very good, it can allow us to establish friendships with many people, and we can sell a lot of tickets." However, this is not enough. Didn't the merchants say that some of the money was inconvenient to carry, so let them deposit the money in the Warby Bank. I can make sure that they can withdraw part of the money in Shandong, but 70% of the deposit must be deposited in the Waby Bank for a fixed period of three years, during which time it is not allowed to be withdrawn. If this transaction can be made, our cash, it will be very convenient. Then you can hoard food, medicine, cloth, and even buy antiques while you're in the mix. I hate war, it disrupts order, but when war is inevitable, we have to find ways to get more out of it. ”

Zhao Guanhou secretly picked his fingers and praised Mrs. Jenson for being a good hand at making war money, and she had funds, which were beneficial and harmless to herself, and she also fully supported herself. Those merchants want to enter Shandong, fine and soft can be brought, antiques are fragile and fragile things can not be carried, cheap disposal to Jane Sen foreign company, it is better than ruined. Otherwise, it is stored in the safe of Jenson & Co. It's not like a treasure changing hands, but the cost is just as painful.

He also happened to have something to ask Jenson to help with, "You prepare 12,000 silver for me, and in addition, the workers of the Jinmen Manufacturing Bureau, I also want you to help me." ”

Money is very convenient and can be done in a moment. A large part of the skilled workers of the Jinmen Manufacturing Bureau were religious, and together with the Flying Tigers, their personal safety was greatly affected, and they fled to the concession for refuge one after another. Moreover, these people themselves have skills, and it is not difficult to find a job in the concession, and it is not easy for the new army to pick them up.

Jensen nodded and said, "Leave these two things to me." I can give you the silver ticket now, and as for the work of skilled workers, within two days, there is a guarantee of an answer. ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Guanhou came to a stall selling wontons near the governor's yamen and waited, not for long, Gao Sheng came here to eat breakfast, taking advantage of this moment, he handed over the silver ticket, "Master Gao, you order a little, a total of 12,000." The face value of the ticket is not large, you are good to score, and you are good to spend. Ten thousand is your money for doing things, and the other two thousand is your benefit. ”

Gao Sheng didn't want his hands to be so generous, so he hurriedly shook his head and said, "I can't afford such a big number, I'm in it, and I've made mine." ”

"How much you do is your ability, I should give it, I must give it. In addition to this, I have prepared 20 tickets, when will this be done? ”

Gao Sheng thought for a while, "After lunch, you will take people to the Xigu arsenal, but you can move it vigorously, and there will be no problems." ”

The Xigu Arsenal is the largest arms depot of the Beiyang Army in Jinmen, and the amount of arms in reserve is to ensure the use of all armed forces in the entire Beiyang system. Zhao Guanhou called the gangsters in the small shoe shop and hired a large number of laborers, and the Li family, a water ladder, made a few grain ships.

10,000 taels of silver, mainly bought a warrant forged by one of Feng Lu's cronies, who could withdraw arms with the order. This staff member is very rich, and the big seal is also kept by him, and the seal is even ordered, and the formalities are complete. And this man who likes to use foreign gadgets and also raised a good foreign staff member got the benefit of 5,000 taels of silver, so he came to go as a plan and fled to the concession to get away.

When they arrived at the ground and handed over the tickets, the person in charge of the arsenal did not hesitate, opened the doors of the warehouses one by one, pointed to the wooden boxes inside one after another, and said: "You can take as many as you want, and when there is a war, you will have to cheapen foreigners." It's better for us to be left behind. ”

The laborers began to work, and Zhao Guanhou asked Guan Cang, "You don't believe it, can the imperial court win against the foreigners?" ”

The Guan Cang looked at him with a smile and said, "Lord Zhao, don't ask us about this, you ask yourself." The court can win against foreigners, do you believe it? Besides, I don't know who I'm fighting with now, but I know that outside Tanggu, there are ships from all over the world, and if the soldiers of so many countries come together, they can't stop them with three heads and six arms. Win? I look like a green bean fly. I don't dare to say that I'm a good person, but I don't want to watch foreign guns fall into the hands of foreigners and pick them up to beat us. So it's still for you, and it's also for the officers and soldiers. ”

"Then how do you explain?"

"I have a warrant, and I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it? Besides, I'm going to Shandong too, and the Jinmen Flying Tigers are so noisy, it's not a good one. I'm not going to die. ”

It was carried until dark, and most of the really valuable weapons and ammunition in the warehouse were removed, and the fast guns and shells were basically loaded, and the remaining arquebuses and smoothbore guns had to be discarded. On the other hand, Jensen's work is also going well, and about sixty percent of the engineers and skilled workers of the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau are willing to return to Shandong with Zhao Guanhou.

These people's income in the concession is not high, and foreigners do not think much of Chinese technicians, and their wages are limited. Shandong Arsenal is opening twice the salary, which is naturally easy to pull people. Seeing these people helping the old and the young to come over, Zhao Guanhou was overjoyed: With these people, Ludi's military industry finally has a glimmer of light.

The only exception is the ancestor of the Su family, Zhao Guanhou admired Su Sanliang's medical skills very much, and wanted to invite him to Shandong to practice medicine. I didn't want Su Sanliang to insist on it than him, and he refused to leave the concession, so he had to give up.

On the morning of the third day, when Zhao Guanhou was still sleeping sweetly with Jensen in his arms, the door was pushed open by Shigege, shouting, "Hurry up, something is going to happen at the station." (To be continued.) )